Monthly Archives: March 2011

I have always had a soft spot for tap dance. John Canemaker showed us this video in my action analysis class, and I was absolutely blown away. Watch it – you won’t regret it!

For the next week or so, I am going to cut the internet from my daily routine and will not be posting anything. I am attempting to finish animating my film on a very limited schedule and trying to cut down on distractions (a lot of caffeine will be involved.)

My love for Bill Peet is proving to be exponential (right along with my love for Michael Sporn’s blog.) Currently, Michael Sporn is posting one illustration each from twenty-six of Peet’s children’s books. Check out the first thirteen here. He’s also posted the final illustrations from Cappyboppy here.

(I think Cappyboppy’s still in the lead for my favorite. Just look at him!)

I am in the last 5 weeks of production on my thesis film (meaning the deadline is 5 weeks away and I am scrambling to schedule all of the final steps into such a small amount of time. also meaning I have not had as much time for blog posts lately, which I apologize for!) Lately I have been doing some research on background design and color to start getting excited and inspired, and today Mary Blair is standing out to me. Above is some of her concept work for Peter Pan. Much MUCH more can be found on Michael Sporn’s blog.

From the looks of it, Jan Lenica did everything: music, architecture, poster-making, costume design, children’s book illustration, film, and animation. His cutout animations (see the youtube link above) heavily influenced both Jan Švankmajer and Terry Gilliam. Read more about his career here.